Susan Bogosian Laughlin (March 16, 1932 – June 27, 2020) was a Democratic member of the

Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...

Formative years

Born in

Sewickley, Pennsylvania Sewickley is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, west northwest of Pittsburgh along the Ohio River. It is a residential suburb of Pittsburgh. The population was 3,827 according to the United States Census 2010, 20 ...

on March 16, 1932, Susan Bogosian was a daughter of Misag and Lucie Bogosian. In 1950, she graduated from Ambridge Area High School. She was married to former Pennsylvania House of Representatives member

Charles P. Laughlin Charles P. Laughlin was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Penn ...

, a longtime consumer affairs advocate. He preceded her in death in 1988. They were the parents of one son and one daughter; her daughter, Sally Ann Laughlin, also preceded her in death.

Political and public service career

A member of the Beaver County Democratic Women's Club, Laughlin was first elected to represent the 16th legislative district in the

in 1988, following the death of her husband, Rep. Charles Laughlin, who had died in office while representing the same district. Reelected to seven additional, consecutive terms, she did not run again after that, choosing instead to retire prior to the

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. In 2004, she was elected as a delegate to the

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Death and interment

Laughlin died at the age of eighty-eight in

Conway, Pennsylvania Conway is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, located along the Ohio River. At the 2020 census, the borough had a total population of 2,166. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Conway is the site of the Conway Yar ...

on June 27, 2020. She was interred at the Beaver Cemetery and Mausoleum in Beaver, Pennsylvania.Susan Laughlin-obituary
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References

External links

* official PA House profile (archived) * official Party website (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Laughlin, Susan 1932 births 2020 deaths People from Sewickley, Pennsylvania Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Women state legislators in Pennsylvania 21st-century American women